Payment to ecosystem services: a market-oriented mechanism for rangeland ecological compensation in Tibetan Plateau

摘要：

Introduction: The Tibetan Plateau is one of the most important ecosystems in both China and the world, where rangelands cover a vast area of 112.96 million hectares, accounting for nearly half of the total area. Although sparsely populated and contributing little to Chinas overall economy, rangeland ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau provide a wide range of environmental services that benefit society as a whole. These services, nevertheless, are often lost because of the lack of financial incentives to preserve them. Therefore there is an need for development of appropriate Ecological Compensation Mechanisms (ECM) in order to encourage land users to adopt environmentally sustainable practices of land use and management.

作者: Li Xianglin

作者单位: The Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Workshop of Sustainable Grassland Management in China and Australia(中国--澳大利亚可持续性草地管理研讨会)

会议地点: 乌鲁木齐

会议语种:英文

页码: 21

在线出版日期: 2011-08-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）